Rick Conklin Email Address

General Manager, Global Education Division

Applied Medical, a progressive medical device developer and manufacturer, invites exceptional individuals to pursue careers in one of the fastest growing and most innovative companies in the healthcare field.

Lifelong learning and personal development are characteristics of high quality team members. Supporting their learning is essential for a vibrant organization. As in other corporate functions, processes can be used to do so efficiently. I feel especially fortunate to work for an organization that so highly values and emphasizes ongoing learning and to be able to participate in this part of our organization!Knowledge and skill may be developed separately in order to maximize efficiency and optimize costs. There are many efficient methods to help a learner first acquire the pre-requisite and contextual knowledge.Skill development, however, requires coaches with the specific ability to observe, accurately diagnose and redirect the learner's actions. (Otherwise practice just reinforces the same mistakes.) The efficient utilization of these expensive resources is a key metric for program effectiveness. I am very fortunate to work together with many fine coaches who help expand knowledge into skill and success.Specialties: Assessment, Process development, Sales skills, Motivation, Teaching, Strategy & tactics, Defining key/relevant metrics, Replication and scaling, Refining message.